the rcp average, the rasmussen poll, gallup tracking poll, ibd, all of them have mitt romney just president among independent voters. does that surprise you? >> yes, because it's such a radical shift. but again, i thishift. but again, i think that perception after the debate, maybe more so than the reality, is everything in politics. the perception is that mitt romney swamped the president, he looked more commanding and presidential on the stage, and that obama lacks the fire and wasn't bringing the fight. for the moment, i think we see that kind of way. i don't know if that will hold over time. what you see there and coming back to the topic of our discussion, the president has a standing advantage. it it it is unusual for a democrat, said romney seems as if starting to make some inroads on foreign policy and is seen as an area that can. that is why you saw this beach earlier this week at the virginia military institute and why he likely will continue to hammer the libya thing, even though, again, we don't know the facts of the case, but it just looks bad. so he wants to take advantage of